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My stainless steel table

I got an XL Egg for Christmas and have had a great time learning from both my successes and my failures. I've cooked butts, tri-tip, baby backs, pork tenders and chicken a bunch of different ways. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts and love the forum. I worked in the restaurant biz for many years and went to culinary school in NY. After trolling the table forum for months, I decided to go with a stainless steel table. I found a local resource and took delivery tonight. Pics are attached. Can't wait to break her in,

What did you put around the hole in table top? I have looked for a couple of years for some type of trim to go around that cut out. Maybe you could add a couple of slide out storage bins to underside of the bottom shelf. Does a magnet stick to your table?

Tspud1- I only have a small magnet ant it sticks in some areas of the table but not others. I plan to use a c clamp to attach my cyber q for long cooks. I was thinking of bins or maybe wooden wine crates to hold gear/chips etc. looks like rain tonight but I had to break her in! Lamb chops and sirloin.
On the ring, he used "c"channel, put it on a roller and then plasma cut it. He said that gives him 2 rings per piece.

With regards to holding the cyber q, I wonder if it would be easier to mount it to a nice piece of wood which would be heavy enough not to get blown over, yet could moved around on the table. Just my 2 cents.

Enjoy it, it's a beauty

People say that Television is bad for you. It's that bloody Fridge, that's killing me.

Where the magnet sticks is most likely 4 series stainless, probably 430. The better grade or type of stainless, type 304, a magnet will not stick to. Here is one similar to yours and another with drawers under bottom shelf

Where the magnet sticks is most likely 4 series stainless, probably 430. The better grade or type of stainless, type 304, a magnet will not stick to. Here is one similar to yours and another with drawers under bottom shelf

Most of the time you can't get a magnet to stick on 304 but there is a process called martensitic stress induced transformation (MSIT) that can occure from either work hardening or the way it's aged or cooled. This can lead to magnatism. I see it on maybe 20% of the stainless we get in our shop when checking. 316 you hardly ever see this happen but it IS possible.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Brillat-Savarin

When I checked the mag only stuck near frame junctions so I suspect it may be weld material? Not sure though. @Tspud1 asked about the ring.
@henapple- I had a hole cut in the top to feed gas line through for a burner set up. (Haven't bought that yet) I plan to have the propane sit on the ground and feed the connection through the hole. If anyone has recommendations on high BTU burner setup, I'd love to hear.

Yeah, you're probably right, he probably used a 400 series wire to weld it together which is fine. You'll know real soon if he didn't use stainless wire or not, I'm sure he did. The table looks great and very functional. Enjoy!

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Brillat-Savarin

BTW, I have some experience with propane and natural gas burners. Years ago, I made my own burner on a rig that we made for flat top cooing, pancakes, etc. With those, I got a piece of black pipe and put little slicles on both sides with a bandsaw and then made a shutter at the inlet end with a larger cut and a piece of pipe on top of that. This was for propane and beacuse of the high pressures on a propane tank (around 20psi) it worked great.

making that change to natural gas for me made a lot of sense because that unit wasn't portable. For me the NG is easier to use and cheaper. The biggest problem I had with the NG was regualting it because of the low psi (around 2lbs where I live).

Hope that helps a little.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Brillat-Savarin

@ringkingpin, thanks for the info. I dont think having natural gas line run is an option, at least not yet. That thunder burner looks like the real deal. Did you build it into a table? I think I am going to start off with a movable unit.

@Tspud1- I want to be able to cook without running up the deck stairs to get to the kitchen, that is my starting point. The table is on wheels, so I leave it in the garage when I'm not using it. I am planning to start with a mobile set up, so that Jet burner is probably out of scope. (Sadly) I am looking at self contained, portable set ups. Looks like I've got some work to do!

Where the magnet sticks is most likely 4 series stainless, probably 430. The better grade or type of stainless, type 304, a magnet will not stick to. Here is one similar to yours and another with drawers under bottom shelf

I like the stainless table picture on the right, but then that's my table and back yard in the picture. <grin>